| | 1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404) |
| | 1412 - Saint Joan of Arc (d. 1431) |
| | 1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481) |
| | 1481 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511) |
| | 1538 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599) |
| | 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673) |
| | 1671 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquarian (d. 1704) |
| | 1674 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762) |
| | 1716 - Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. 1778) |
| | 1747 - John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822) |
| | 1754 - Richard Martin, Irish founder of the SPCA (d. 1834) |
| | 1791 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (1872) |
| | 1795 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829) |
| | 1809 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865) |
| | 1812 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian scientist (d. 1885) |
| | 1816 - Marie LaFarge, French murderer (d. 1852) |
| | 1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (d. 1925) |
| | 1850 - Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889) |
| | 1850 - Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891) |
| | 1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946) |
| | 1866 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel laureate (d. 1931) |
| | 1869 - Stanislaw Wyspianski, Polish dramatist (d. 1907) |
| | 1872 - Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (d. 1944) |
| | 1875 - Tom Burke, American runner (d. 1929) |
| | 1879 - Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (d. 1961) |
| | 1885 - Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915) |
| | 1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973) |
| | 1885 - Grover Lowdermilk, baseball player (d. 1968) |
| | 1891 - Ray Chapman, baseball player (d. 1920) |
| | 1891 - Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. 1938) |
| | 1892 - Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. 1950) |
| | 1893 - Ivor Novello, Welsh actor (d. 1951) |
| | 1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973) |
| | 1899 - Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982) |
| | 1901 - Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1983) |
| | 1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek businessman (d. 1975) |
| | 1908 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (d. 2003) |
| | 1909 - Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939) |
| | 1909 - Gene Krupa, American drummer (d. 1973) |
| | 1913 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998) |
| | 1914 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (d. 2003) |
| | 1917 - Robert Byrd, American politician |
| | 1918 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970) |
| | 1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000) |
| | 1920 - Steve Gromek, Baseball player (d. 2002) |
| | 1923 - Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician |
| | 1923 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006) |
| | 1926 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress (d. 2005) |
| | 1926 - Florence Buchsbaum, theater director (d. 1996) |
| | 1927 - Phyllis Coates, American actress |
| | 1927 - Norm Crosby, American comedian |
| | 1929 - Martin Luther King Jr, American civil rights leader, Nobel laureate (d. 1968) |
| | 1930 - Eddie Graham, wrestler (d. 1985) |
| | 1933 - Ernest J. Gaines, American author |
| | 1937 - Margaret O'Brien, American actress |
| | 1941 - Captain Beefheart, American singer |
| | 1945 - Vince Foster, American lawyer (d. 1993) |
| | 1947 - Andrea Martin, Canadian actress |
| | 1948 - Ronnie VanZant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977) |
| | 1949 - Luis Alvarado, Baseball player (d. 2001) |
| | 1950 - Marius Trésor, French footballer |
| | 1951 - Charo, Spanish-born singer |
| | 1955 - Nigel Benson, British author |
| | 1957 - Julian Sands, English actor |
| | 1957 - Mario Van Peebles, American actor |
| | 1957 - Patrick Dixon, British entrepreneur |
| | 1958 - Boris Tadic, President of Serbia |
| | 1959 - Pete Trewavas, British bass guitarist (Marillion) |
| | 1960 - Kelly Asbury, American director and actor |
| | 1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer |
| | 1965 - Bernard Hopkins, American Boxer |
| | 1965 - Adam Jones, American musician (Tool) |
| | 1965 - James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor |
| | 1965 - Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist |
| | 1968 - Chad Lowe, American actor |
| | 1969 - Delino DeShields, baseball player |
| | 1970 - Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler |
| | 1971 - Regina King, American actress |
| | 1972 - Kobe Tai, American porn star |
| | 1972 - Claudia Winkleman, British television presenter |
| | 1974 - Ray King, baseball player |
| | 1975 - Mary Pierce, American tennis player |
| | 1975 - Edith Bowman, British television and radio presenter |
| | 1975 - Greg Strause, American artist |
| | 1976 - Corey Chavous, American football player |
| | 1978 - Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist |
| | 1979 - Drew Brees, American football player |
| | 1980 - Matt Holliday, American baseball player |
| | 1981 - El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer |
| | 1981 - Howie Day, American pop singer |
| | 1981 - Jermaine Pennant, English footballer |
| | 1982 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater |
| | 1982 - Megan Quann, American swimmer |
| | 1982 - Philip and Alexander, American-born princes of the Yugoslav Royal Family |
| | 1983 - Jermaine Pennant, English footballer |
| | 1984 - Victor Rasuk, American actor |
| | 1987 - Michael Seater, Canadian actor |
| | 1988 - Sonny Moore, American singer (From First To Last) |